SMS Welcome
The system automatically sends an SMS notification to users when they are created in Active Directory.
If the user has an international phone number or there is no number, the system will send an e-mail to the registered e-mail address in UMS.
There will not be sent any notification, if neither phone number nor e-mail address is registered.
While the phone number is found during Active Directory creation, the e-mail address is found when attempting to send an SMS.
The notification is sent through the SMS Server program.
Prerequisites
Module requirements
What to have ready
An inLogic SMS Modem
Installation
Template Setting
To get started, you must create a welcome setting that will be connected to a template. Only users registered on this template will receive the welcome notice. Select manage and add a setting, as shown below.
Display name
Please enter the name or a description of the setting, i.e. Welcome.
Confidential
As the SMS contains sensitive data, you can choose not to show the setting on UMS Web's SMS log. Check the box if the information should be kept confidential.
Text message
Enter the welcome message that will be sent to the user.
Days before start
Please select how many days before a user should receive the message. The sending date will be calculated from the start date for the user or their first activity.
You can find the start date it calculates from by using the SQL statement below in SQL Server Management Studio. Remember to replace 'Username' with the user.
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Select Top 1 Convert(Datetime, StartDato, 105) As StartDate
From Students
Where
Action = 'Add'
And StartDato Is Not Null
And Convert(Datetime, StartDato, 105) >= Convert(Date, GetDate())
And StudieNr = '<Username>'
Order By Convert(Datetime, StartDato, 105)
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At creation
Check this box if the SMS should be sent when a user is created in Active Directory.
Variables
This shows a subset of the variables you can use in a setting. You can use any field from the 'Students table'. Please remember the column name is case sensitive.
Test
You can send a test message from the configurator program to a selected number. Please notice that the variables will not be replaced in the test message.
